The CSKA 1948 Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
CSKA Sofia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and CSKA 1948 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
3 goals for Atanas Iliev
The match ball belongs to Atanas Iliev, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Borislav Tsonev scores twice — 7.90
Two goals and a mark of 7.90 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Oskar Pietuszewski due for a CSKA 1948 medical
Everything agreed with Porto, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Anísio Cabral will not be coming to CSKA 1948
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Benfica is saying, and nobody at CSKA 1948 is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yohann Magnin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yohann Magnin and CSKA 1948 agree another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Atanas Iliev sends CSKA 1948 past Botev Vratsa
It finished 5‑3, and it was Atanas Iliev’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to CSKA 1948.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at CSKA 1948
André Hoffmann and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
8 goals as CSKA 1948 and Botev Vratsa go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 8 goals between CSKA 1948 and Botev Vratsa, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Ivaylo Ivanov
- The dugout Dimitar Sheytanov gets it from the manager
- Market CSKA 1948 promote Dragomir Marcelinho from within